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Notecards
Notecards are a fast effective way to study for a test. It is easy to flip through them at any time for a quick review. Using notecards makes you an active learner; this alone helps you to improve those test scores. Notecards tend to be most effective for multiple choice tests.
The Set Up
The basic set up of a note card is to put a question on the front side and the answer on the back. All the questions should be in your own words. Put only one concept on each card. After writing out all your note cards, to study you just flip through the cards. Look at a question, think of or say your answer out loud, then check that against the answer you've written on the back.
Index cards are a cheap, easy way to build a deck of flash cards. If those are too big, cut them in half or in thirds. Keep them together with a rubber band or punch a hole in a corner of each and put them on a ring.
Strategies
- Color is often helpful on your notecards, especially if you are a visual learner. You are studying a foreign language, highlight feminine nouns in pink and masculine nouns in blue.
- Every time you get a question right make a small mark on that card. After you get it right three or so times in a row it is probably safe to take that question out of the pile.
- Keep spare notecards on you when you are in class. If you hear something that sounds like its important and might be on a test, you can write out that notecard during lecture.
- Frequently shuffle your cards to keep from learning them in order. Switching the order assures that you know the answer and not just the sequence.
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